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Hmmm, bad manners?

I went to a brunch with women that I have worked with in the past. We have known each other for several years. My former boss, Nancy, hosted the event. She has an adorable little black dog, Pepper, who loves me. I know, through conversations with Nancy, that they give occasional food treats to Pepper. Without even thinking, I jabbed a roasted potato on my fork, offered it to Pepper, who quickly snatched the treat from the fork, & then I continued to eat off the same fork. I was not aware at the time that it caused quite a stir with a few of the other women. ;D

Remember "The Gun in BettyLou's Handbag" where she is driving & eating a sundae & one bite is for her & one bite is for her pup-dog -- same spoon. ;D Of course, at someone else's house . . . ;)

If it was a hygiene thing that upset them, I always thought that a dogs mouth was a lot cleaner than a person mouth....less germs & bacteria???Those women would have been horrified at my husbands uncle! He is a widower & has a huge Rottweiler. He has raised a few eyebrows at dinner time because he always sets a place for the dog at the table. The dog has his own chair & eats with his 'papa' but then, he is superbly trained & very well behaved. He would never dive across the table to grab something...like a certain goofy Lab I know ;)

As a child growing up in rural America, conventional wisdom (at least among kids) was if you were away from home with Towser and skinned or cut yourself, you were supposed to let the dog lick the owie--whether as a disinfectant or to stop the bleeding I don't know. We did and never got any infections--though of course at home we obeyed our mother instead. Her CW was "make it bleed a little to clear out the bacteria" and then wash and bandage. I don't know how she would have felt if she had seen the various Fidos around town and country "giving first aid." ;)

Of course your uncle's Rottweiler is well behaved...most of them are ;D ...I can see a big black and tan at the table ready for dinner...too funny..

I will give my dogs something off a fork if I'm already done eating..I've seen them lick their naughty bits as well as seen the things they pick up in their mouths on our walks (mm deer poo..majory delicacy around here)..although if the dog's mouth didn't necessarily touch the fork and only took the food off it..well that's another story.. ;D

Some people are more "doggie oriented" than others I guess! My dog loves soy vanilla yogurt so when I'm done with my bowl, I let her lick it clean before putting it in the dishwasher. My mom would be horrified! ;D